Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (Poland)

Not to be confused with a similarly named Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (1987-2003).

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Agency overview
Ministerstwo Pracy i Polityki Społecznej
Formed	2005
Headquarters	ul. Nowogrodzka 1/3/5,, Warsaw
Agency executive	Elżbieta Rafalska, Minister of Labour and Social Policy
Parent agency	Council of Ministers
Website	www.mpips.gov.pl

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Poland was formed in 2005 to administer issues related to environment protection of Poland.

The ministry was formed from the former and short-lived Ministry of Social Affairs (created from 2004) and still existing, but reduced Ministry of Economy. From the Ministry of Economy, the new ministry acquired the competences in the fields of employment and combating unemployment, relations and conditions of labor, labor-related benefits, and trade union relations. The social policy part of the ministry gives it competences over the issues of family issues, and social benefits and welfare.

The ministry supervises the Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych.

Since 2015 the current Minister of Labour and Social Policy is Elżbieta Rafalska.

External links

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Poland

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